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'A people's bishop': Sean Patrick O'Malley | Unlike his predecessor in Boston, Bishop O'Malley, or Bishop Sean, is usually described as humble and accessible (The New York Times)
A church's fate, a diocese's plight | The New York archdiocese has embarked on a major realignment project, which could mean adding new parishes in some areas, and consolidating or even closing churches in others (The New York Times)
Church welcomes more consecrated virgins | A lifetime of church-sanctioned virginity is open to women who are not nuns because of a 1970s papal decree that escaped the notice of even some of the most devout Catholics (The Washington Post)
Pope urges place for Christ in EU Constitution | "I wish once more to appeal to those drawing up the future European constitution treaty, so that it will include a reference to the religious and in particular the Christian heritage of Europe," the pope said (Reuters)
Pope again reaches out to Orthodox Church | Says his efforts at reconciliation weren't just "ecclesiastic courtesy" but a sign of his profound desire to unite the Orthodox and Roman Catholic churches (Associated Press)
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